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Ferns of North America

This guide shall serve as a base for those interested in the Pteridophyta division of plants! With any luck, this guide will help the reader understand and identify the ferns of North America.

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Alaska holly fern 1
Polystichum setigerum
Korean rock fern 2
Polystichum tsus-simense
Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens 3
Pteridium aquilinum pubescens
Southern Brackenfern 4
Pteridium caudatum
Pteris × delchampsii
Bahama Brake
Pteris bahamensis
Cretan brake 5
Pteris cretica
Pteris cretica var. albolineata 6
Pteris cretica albolineata
Pteris cretica var. cretica
Pteris cretica cretica
Pteris grandifolia
Pteris longifolia
Pteris plumula
Shaking Brake 7
Pteris tremula
Pteris tripartita 8
Ladder Fern 5
Pteris vittata
leatherleaf fern
Rumohra adiantiformis
Water Spangles 9
Salvinia minima
Giant Salvinia 10
Salvinia molesta
Floating Fern 11
Salvinia natans
Salvinia oblongifolia 12
curly grass fern 13
Schizaea pusilla
Stenochlaena tenuifolia 14
Tectaria × amesiana
Tectaria coriandrifolia
Tectaria fimbriata
Tectaria heracleifolia 15
Tectaria incisa 16
Abrupt-tipped maiden fern 17
Thelypteris augescens
Thelypteris grandis
Thelypteris hispidula
Thelypteris hispidula var. versicolor
Thelypteris hispidula versicolor
Thelypteris interrupta 17
Stately maiden fern 18
Thelypteris kunthii
Thelypteris opulenta
Ovate maiden fern 19
Thelypteris ovata
Thelypteris ovata var. lindheimeri
Thelypteris ovata lindheimeri
Thelypteris ovata var. ovata
Thelypteris ovata ovata
Grid-scale maiden fern
Thelypteris patens
Thelypteris pilosa 20
Thelypteris pilosa var. alabamensis
Thelypteris pilosa alabamensis
Thelypteris puberula var. sonorensis 21
Thelypteris puberula sonorensis
Queen's veil mountain fern 22
Thelypteris quelpaertensis
Creeping star-hair fern
Thelypteris reptans
Thelypteris reptans var. reptans
Thelypteris reptans reptans
Glandular maiden fern
Thelypteris resinifera
Lattice-vein fern
Thelypteris reticulata
Stiff star-hair fern
Thelypteris sclerophylla
Dentate lattice-vein fern
Thelypteris serrata
Thelypteris simulata 23
Parathelypteris simulata
Free-tip star-hair fern
Thelypteris tetragona
Trichomanes holopterum
Trichomanes krausii
Didymoglossum krausii
Trichomanes lineolatum
Didymoglossum lineolatum
Trichomanes membranaceum
Didymoglossum membranaceum
Trichomanes petersii 24
Didymoglossum petersii
Trichomanes punctatum
Didymoglossum punctatum
Trichomanes punctatum ssp. floridanum
Trichomanes punctatum floridanum
Shoestring Fern 25
Vittaria lineata
Abbe's Woodsia 26
Woodsia × abbeae
Slender Woodsia
Woodsia × gracilis
Woodsia × kansana
Maxon's Woodsia
Woodsia × maxonii
alpine woodsia 27
Woodsia alpina
Cochise woodsia 28
Woodsia cochisensis
smooth woodsia
Woodsia glabella
Rusty Woodsia 29
Woodsia ilvensis
New Mexican woodsia 15
Woodsia neomexicana
Woodsia obtusa ssp. occidentalis
Woodsia obtusa occidentalis
Oregon woodsia 30
Woodsia oregana
Woodsia oregana ssp. cathcartiana
Woodsia oregana cathcartiana
Woodsia oregana ssp. oregana
Woodsia oregana oregana
Phillips's cliff fern 31
Woodsia phillipsii
Plummer's woodsia 1
Woodsia plummerae
Rocky Mountain woodsia 30
Woodsia scopulina
Woodsia scopulina ssp. laurentiana
Woodsia scopulina laurentiana
Woodsia scopulina ssp. scopulina
Woodsia scopulina scopulina
European Chain Fern 32
Woodwardia radicans
Tryon's Woodsia
Woodsia × tryonis

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